Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish ... Muscles in the tentacles draw prey up to a polyp containing the gastrozooids ...
If you have spent any time at the beaches on the Texas Gulf Coast, chances are you have seen jellyfish either in the water or ...
Later on, during the spring, many thousands of big barrel jellyfish started turning up on our beaches. "Both were harmless but these Portuguese man o' war are capable of giving extremely painful ...
This is what a Portuguese man o' war looks like when it is fully inflated There have been previous sightings of the jellyfish-like creature on beaches in County Clare and County Antrim.
The City of Tybee Island is issuing a warning after Portuguese Man o' War sightings in the area. The city posted on social media that "multiple" Portuguese Man o' War were spotted Friday morning.